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by HPrieston May 12, 2011

Today, AKB48 sub-unit French Kiss held a handshake event to celebrate the release of their new single “Kakko Warui I Love You!” at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba-shi, Chiba.

The members - Kashiwagi Yuki, Takajo Aki, and Kuramochi Asuka – were all excited for the event, but the former might start to consider that she should stay at home for the coming events. The reason is the fact that it was raining again on the release day of their new single.

Kashiwagi commented, “My first gravure photoshoot for AKB, release-day events of French Kiss, and other important days in my life… it’s always raining.” She is already being called an “ame onna” (rain woman) thanks to her unfortunate charm, and her fellow members also already teased her for making it rain again today.

Furthermore, the group went to the stores of TSUTAYA and Tower Records inside Shibuya 109 in Shibuya, Tokyo. There, the girls signed the display of the stores and then wandered through Shibuya itself, gazing at their huge billboard at Shibuya 109. In relation to their song’s title, Kashiwagi also talked about her most recent “kakko warui” (uncool, unstylish) moment, “When I’m wearing old-fashioned clothes, the other members tell me I’m kakko warui. I’m not that interested in fashion in the first place…”.



French Kiss video comments on their upcoming single, “Kakko Warui I Love You!”





Source: natalie
by Sujinon May 9, 2011

フレンチ・キスの3rd SINGLEは、TVアニメ『スケット・ダンス』オープニングテーマに決定!! フレンチ・キスの新たな一面をかいま見れるさわやかなアッパー・チューン! 「カッコ悪いI love you!」「タイトル未定1」他、全2曲4ヴァージョン収録予定。DVDには「カッコ悪いI love you!」(Music Clip)を収録。 オリジナル・トレーディングカード (全4種 (メンバーソロ3種+集合1種)うち1種をランダム)封入。※集合のトレーディングカード約10,000枚にはイベント参加券付。 数量限定封入特典: 2ショットチェキ撮影イベント参加券 (200枚ランダム封入)

The single has three versions, and the Type-B coupling song, “Kimi nara Daijoubu“, will be used to support victims of the Tohoku earthquake.  Additionally, the title song is the theme song to anime, “Sket Dance“.

Check out their comments on the single below!


In the video, the girls explain their single and the meaning behind both songs, “Kakko Warui I Love You!” and “Kimi nara Daijobu”.

“Kimi nara Daijobu” is an upbeat song that lifts the spirits of those who need it, and they hope that people will listen to their new songs and continue to support them.

You can see the previews for the two songs below: